Another trail camera installed in Greece

19.03.2013

In few days we welcome the Egyptian vultures coming back from Africa. Last week a trail camera was installed in Nea Santa nest (Thrace, NE Greece) by the WWF team. The camera was installed in the same nest in 2012, but the couple finally chose another, smaller nest in the neighborhood not appropriate to install camera. Although the birds nested in other niche, they visited...

Come together to welcome spring and… the Egyptian Vulture

17.03.2013

Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds together with the Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water – Rousse celebrated on the 14th of March 2013 in Rousse the coming of spring under the slogan: Come together to welcome spring and… the Egyptian Vulture The beginning of spring is connected to one of the most exciting and...

Spring is coming on vulture’s wings

16.03.2013

Winter has come to its end and the earth awakens for a new life. The weather is warming, the trees are blooming and we are waiting the arrival of the first spring messengers. Storks and swallows are already arriving and very soon in the vastness of the Bulgarian and Greek sky we will see the first Egyptian vultures which will bring the spring on their wings. After half a...

BSPB is organizing information meetings with farmers in Varna region

15.03.2013

Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) is organizing informational meetings with farmers near Varna – in Dalgopol, Provadia and Avren. The main reason is the need to clarify the opportunities for applying for some of the new agri-environmental actions on measure 214 – Agri-environmental Payments from the Rural Development Programme for...

Six brand new signboards for the people in Eastern Rhodopes

11.03.2013

During the last week begun the information signboards installation in some of the project Natura 2000 sites in Eastern Rhodopes. Six, from the total number of twelve boards were placed on special plots, granted from the local municipalities. Now, the visitors of “Madzharovo”, Most Arda”, Krumovitca”, Studen kladenec”, Dobrostan and Bqla...

A new nest camera was installed in Meteora

09.03.2013

This week HOS field staff installed a nest camera in an Egyptian vulture's nest in the area of Meteora-Antichasia. Until quite recently, this area held one of largest population concentrations of the species in Greece, whereas nowadays only four nests remain. Meteora is famous worldwide for its impressive rock formations that can reach several hundred meters of...